Central Walloon

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Central Walloon is a major regional variety of the Walloon language spoken in central parts of Wallonia, often considered a reference dialect within the Walloon linguistic continuum.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Central Walloon canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional variety of the Walloon language
belongsTo Walloon dialect group
linked to: Walloon language
closelyRelatedTo French
Lorrain
Picard
country Belgium
hasAlternativeName central Walloon dialect
central variety of Walloon
hasDialectalStatus central dialect of Walloon
hasISO639_3Code wln
hasMorphologicalFeature use of clitic subject pronouns
hasPhonologicalFeature distinctive Walloon vowel system
hasRole major regional variety of Walloon
reference dialect of Walloon
hasSociolinguisticStatus minority language variety
regional language variety
hasSpeakersIn Province of Liège
Province of Namur
linked to: Namur Province

Province of Walloon Brabant
linked to: Walloon Brabant

central parts of Hainaut
influencedBy Standard French
linked to: Metropolitan French
isPartOfLinguisticContinuum Walloon linguistic continuum
isVarietyOfLanguageWithISO639_3Code wln
languageBranch Oïl languages
languageFamily Gallo-Romance languages
Romance languages
linguisticTypology subject–verb–object language
partOf Walloon language
region Wallonia
sharesFeaturesWith Eastern Walloon
Southern Walloon
Western Walloon
spokenIn Belgium
central Wallonia
standardizationStatus partially standardized through orthographic conventions for Walloon
subdivisionOf Walloon language
usedAs normative reference for some Walloon descriptions
usedIn folk songs
local theatre
oral communication
regional literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Walloon closelyRelatedTo Central Walloon
Southern Walloon closelyRelatedTo Central Walloon
Western Walloon distinguishedFrom Central Walloon